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RACK FOR UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS. No. 288.616.

Patented Nov. 20, 1883.

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CHARLES M. BOYNTONAND rnnononn M. roses, on oonoonn, N. H.

RACK FOR UMBRELLAS AND P'ARASOLS;

SPECTFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,616, dated November 20, 1883.

Application filed May 14, 1883. No modeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES M. BOYNTON and THEODORE M. TOGUS, both citizens of the United States, and residents of Concord, in the county of Merrimac and State of New Hampshire, have invented an Improved Rack for Umbrellas and Sunshades; and we hereby declare the following to be a full and clear description thereof.

The object of this invention is to supply a more convenient means for the display of this class of goods by storekeepers, and at the same time occupying less room and preserving more perfect order with less handling than when thegoods are simply put upona counter in the usual manner.

\Ve here refer to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, of which Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved rack. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail View of one of the hooks used for holding a.

canvas or cloth covering for therack at night.

A is the wooden base, in and upon which may rest the tubular or wire upright supports B, the tops of which enter the side outlets formed upon the elbows D or Ts' D, (as the case may be,) by which the rack O, 0, and E is held together. The uprights B enter the Ts, which are placed at about the center of the tubes or wires 0, and support the rack F, which runs parallel with the racks O O, at an elevation of about twice the height of said racks from the base A. The cross-pieces E are placed between theracks 0.0, for the purposeof separating different lots of umbrellas and sunshades, and the upper rack, F, affords a most desirable place for the display of a few special articles, such as fancy sunshades, which may be hung thereon by their handles. There may be one or more of these pieces F, as may be desired, and upon the upper one will be placed three or more doublehooks, G, which willenter holes either in the rack F itself or the elbows or Ts, which form part of said rack, to which asuitable coveringmay be hung at night and prevent the accumulation of dust upon the goods.

The frame-work, composed of the tubes or wires 0, G, and E, and the elbows and Ts D D, should be threaded or otherwise rigidly which they belong, without athread, by which construction the rack F and the frame-work O O E may be easily knocked off of the uprights and the uprights be taken out of the base by removing the nuts before mentioned when it is desired to prepare the improved rack for shipment.

The upright B may be made long enough to extend down to and enter the base, as do the uprights B, and for the purpose of strength ening the upper rack, F, it may be desirable so to do. In that case the piece C-may be formed of wire and be enlarged sufficiently at the center to permit ahole to be made, through which the uprights B may be driven; or the part 0' may be composed of two pieces of tube, as shown in the drawings, and instead of a T, as also shown, a cross may be used to join the two pieces together, through which the upright B may pass from the base A up to the elbow on rack F. Two strips of wood, H, are placed upon the base A, running lengthwise, and at half an inch (more or less) from thelongitudinal center of the same, and short pieces H, of like width and thickness, are placed at right angles to and at the outside of either of the pieces H, which, in connection with the holes I, placed between said stripsH at intervals of about two inches, permit the standing of umbrellas and sunsha dos between the par titions E and upon the base A in a more uniform and orderly manner than could otherwise be accomplished.

Our improvement is also well adapted for the display of other articlessuch as fancy underwear, fancy skirts, audhosieryquite a stock of which may be placed upon the base in packages, if desired, and but one or two samples hung upon the racks for exhibit. By this means goods may be, arranged to occupy the least possible space, while the majority of the stock will be kept free from dust, and still convenient of access. WVhen in use, our improved rack may be placed upon any suitable stand or table, or may stand upon a counter, or even a common dry-goods boX.

Having thus fully described our invention,

What We claim, and desire to secure by Letters stantially as shown, and so arranged as to be Patent of the United States, is readily taken apart, as and for the purpose '10 In a rack for umbrellas, the combination of hereinbefore specified. the tubes or wires 0 G E F and the upright CHAS. M. BOYN TON. 5 supports B,With the base A, having holes I in THEODORE M. TOGUS.

its longitudinal centelyand the longitudinal Witnesses: strips H and strips H, placed at right angles J. B. THURSTON, thereto on the outside, all constructed sub- 7M. F. THAYER. 

